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♂ B. Brooke Claxton
aliasB. Brooke Claxton
Record
11458 · 6591

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
Birth 23 August 1898 → 125 years + 8 months ago
Lived 61 years + 9 months
First mandate 26 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 41 years + 7 months
Death 13 June 1960 → 63 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 10 months after 31 July 1954
Special notes
None
 
B. Brooke Claxton (1898–1960) 200x302
© Photo c.1942–48 Arthur Roy — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Andrew B. Leslie (1957–) Grandson  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 14 4 1

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 19
LIB
 1 Minister 46–48 18 Oct 1944 — 11 Dec 1946 2 1 23
2. CA 20–22
LIB
 1 Minister 48–55 12 Dec 1946 — 30 Jun 1954 7 6 18
 1. National Health and Welfare
 2. National Defence

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Charles H. Cahan  m 
 
 
Eligible: 29,416 Votes: 18,121 Participation: 61.60% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Québec
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23069(F) — 26 Jan 2022 21:51 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 11,553 63.75% +4,985 Loser:
NCP
 6,568 36.25% Charles H. Cahan

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,474 Votes: 20,253 Participation: 58.75% Candidacies: 6
Federal
20		 Québec
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23329(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/6 10,301 50.86% +4,130 Loser:
PC
 6,171 30.47% Frederick R. Phelan

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 37,545 Votes: 22,445 Participation: 59.78% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Québec
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23590(F) — 3 Aug 2022 20:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/3 15,104 68.16% +9,193 Loser:
PC
 5,911 26.67% Charles T. Ballantyne

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,032 Votes: 14,854 Participation: 46.37% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Québec
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23904(F) — 27 Jan 2022 18:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/4 9,082 62.20% +4,434 Loser:
PC
 4,648 31.83% David L. De Volpi
After his election:
31 Jul 1954 55
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left federal politics
Service: 11 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,032 Votes: 11,739 Participation: 36.65% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Québec
8 November 1954
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23946(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
LIB
 6,548 55.78% Claude S. Richardson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Brooke Claxton, P.C., M.P.		 26 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Brooke Claxton, C.P., député		 26 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
Brooke Claxton		 26 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Brooke Claxton		 26 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Nov 2023 09:16 (but data presented dynamically)

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